"started flowing in, that the resiliency and true strength of Russia became apparent. Some of the letters included in ""The Wimsey Papers"" were used by Jill Paton Walsh as the preface for her own novel ""A Presumption of Death"", an authorized sequel continuing the Wimsey series where Sayers left it off. The letters provided much information which Walsh used in the book: Peter Wimsey and his servant Bunter being on a secret mission abroad, Harriet Vane taking her own children and those of her sister-in-law Mary to the country house Talboys in Hertfordshire, Peter's nephew Jerry an RAF combat pilot,"
"and spend their honeymoon solving the case, thus having the aphoristic ""Busman's Honeymoon"". Over the next five years, according to Sayers' short stories, the Wimseys have three sons: Bredon Delagardie Peter Wimsey (born in October 1936 in the story ""The Haunted Policeman""); Roger Wimsey (born 1938), and Paul Wimsey (born 1940). However, according to the wartime publications of ""The Wimsey Papers"", published in ""The Spectator"", the second son was called Paul. In ""The Attenbury Emeralds"", Paul is again the second son and Roger is the third son. In the subsequent ""The Late Scholar"", Roger is not mentioned at all. It"
"Peter and Constance Cummings as Harriet. The movie was released in the United States as ""Haunted Honeymoon"". In 1983 BBC Radio 4 broadcast a six-part adaptation. This starred Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Sarah Badel as Harriet, Peter Jones as Bunter, Rosemary Leach as Miss Twitterton, Pearl Hackney as Mrs Ruddle, Peter Vaughan as Superintendent Kirk and John Westbrook as the Narrator. Lifeline Theatre (Chicago, Illinois) presented an original adaptation of ""Busman's Honeymoon"" in the spring and summer of 2009. Frances Limoncelli adapted the script from Dorothy Sayers' novel. The show was directed by Paul Holmquist. ""Busman's Honeymoon"" was"
"to Sayers's writing, and she refused to even see the film. A more faithful BBC television version of the play, with Harold Warrender as Lord Peter, was transmitted live on 2 October 1947. A second live BBC version was broadcast on 3 October 1957, with Peter Gray as Wimsey. Edward Petherbridge also played Wimsey in the UK production of the ""Busman's Honeymoon"" play staged at the Lyric Hammersmith and on tour in 1988, with the role of Harriet being taken by his real-life spouse, Emily Richard. Both sets of adaptations were critically successful, with both Carmichael and Petherbridge's respective performances"
"even ready to give up marriage rather than leave (""Thrones, Dominations""). However, this attitude must be seen in the context of early 20th century society, not that of the 21st century. In ""Strong Poison"", Dorothy L. Sayers begins her exploration of Peter Wimsey's strange courtship and marriage to Harriet Vane. One effect of this is to eclipse Bunter, whose role reduces to that of the perfect servant in the background. In ""Busman's Honeymoon"" the relationships of this odd triangle are worked out. Harriet cannot believe she has married Peter until Bunter calls her ""Your Ladyship"". Peter, utterly dependent on Bunter,"
"foundation for marriage, and politely but firmly declines his frequent proposals. Lord Peter encourages his friend and foil, Chief Inspector Charles Parker, to propose to his sister, Lady Mary Wimsey, despite the great difference in their rank and wealth. They marry and have a son, named Charles Peter (""Peterkin""), and a daughter, Mary Lucasta (""Polly""). While on a fishing holiday in Scotland, Wimsey instigates and takes part in the investigation of the murder of an artist, related in ""Five Red Herrings"". Despite the rejection of his marriage proposal, he continues to court Miss Vane. In ""Have His Carcase"", he finds"
"short wartime writings of Sayers known as ""The Wimsey Papers"". It is 1936. Lord and Lady Peter Wimsey, returned from a European honeymoon, are settling into their new home in London, where daily life is affected by the illness and then death of the king. The couple are personally happy, having resolved many of the problems in their relationship caused by character and circumstance, but must now tackle the practical details of bringing their lives together, including domestic and working arrangements, and social and family obligations. The couple become slightly acquainted with Laurence Harwell, a wealthy theatrical ""angel"", and his"
"bigamy in the novel's plot – Maxwell himself was married to another woman, and so Braddon was unable to marry him until his wife died in 1874. When it became public that Maxwell and Braddon had been living in an ""irregular"" arrangement all those years, it caused a minor scandal during which all their servants gave notice. The novel opens with the marriage in June 1857, of Lucy Graham, a beautiful, childlike blonde who enchants almost all who meet her, to Sir Michael Audley, a middle-aged, rich, and kind widower. Lucy was a governess for the local doctor, Mr. Dawson,"
"Lord Peter Wimsey mystery, Dorothy L. Sayers named a character Cremorna Garden. Cremorna was an actress of dubious repute, no doubt so named after the garden's racy reputation. In ""Coral"" by Compton Mackenzie (1925) in which Coral Avery, an upper-class girl, falls in love with her chauffeur, she gets him to drive down the Embankment to the Cremorne Arms at Chelsea reach, where they declare their love for each other. Cremorne Gardens, London Cremorne Gardens were popular pleasure gardens by the side of the River Thames in Chelsea, London. They lay between Chelsea Harbour and the end of the King's"
"marries him largely out of pity. But the marriage is not a happy one, despite great wealth and the birth of four children. Sir Isaac is inherently domineering, and in an age of Suffragettes he encounters a desire for greater freedom in his wife. The plot of the novel turns on Lady Harman's relationship with George Brumley (invariably ""Mr. Brumley"" in the text), a successful genteel novelist whose wife has died three and a half years earlier. Lady Harman meets Mr. Brumley because the Harmans buy his house, Black Strand, in the countryside outside London. Mr. Brumley falls in love"
"privy councillor (from 1780) and Governor of the Isle of Wight (1780–82). On 20 September 1775 he married Seymour Dorothy Fleming, the younger daughter and coheir of Sir John Fleming, 1st Baronet, of Brompton Park, Middlesex, and his wife, Lady Jane Fleming (died 1811). They had one legitimate son, Robert Edwin (1776–1795) and he claimed the paternity of Seymour's daughter, Jane Seymour Worsley, even though he knew her to be the daughter of Seymour's lover, George Bisset. This was done to avoid scandal, allowing the affair to remain a secret. Seymour Fleming brought £52,000 to the marriage, which soon became"
"War II and thwarting Nazi spies. The crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) created the archetypal British aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey in 1923. Peter Haddon first played Wimsey in ""The Silent Passenger"" (1935), written by Sayers specifically for the screen. This was followed by ""Busman's Honeymoon"" (1940), also released as ""Haunted Honeymoon"", with Robert Montgomery as Wimsey. Later, Montgomery would also play Raymond Chandler's detective Philip Marlowe in ""The Lady in the Lake"" (1947). Doubleday's The Crime Club imprint published a variety of mystery novels that also inspired a radio show. Universal Pictures struck a deal to produce a"
"disgraced academic at a northern university. Her husband's academic fraud had been exposed by an examiner, destroying his career and driving him to suicide. The examiner has since moved to Shrewsbury College, and the campaign has been the widow's revenge against intellectual women who move outside what she sees as their ""proper"" domestic sphere. At the end of the book, Harriet Vane finally accepts Wimsey's proposal of marriage. (Their wedding and honeymoon—interrupted by another murder mystery—are depicted in ""Busman's Honeymoon"".) A 'gaudy', at the University of Oxford, is a college feast, typically a reunion for its alumni. The term 'gaudy"
"that his loot had been entrusted to his brothers, and when he emerged, he had a house in South London and a few other investments to keep him going. Unfortunately, during his prison stint, his daughter Lorraine had died in a car accident. He took a while to learn how to live harmoniously with his wife Rene (his daughter Marilyn having moved out upon his return). Shortly after his release, Wisbey was imprisoned on remand over a swindle involving travellers' cheques. The judge acknowledged the minor nature of his role. Jim Hussey was released on 17 November 1975 and married"
"bride. When questioned by the authorities, Letitia gives a false description of the ""highwayman"" to protect her love. Unfortunately, she unwittingly describes ""Peter Merriot"". Prudence is arrested by officers of the law, and reflects that any deviation from the exact plans of the Old Gentleman, such as her presence on the night of the elopement, results in disaster. Sir Anthony, informed of her arrest, rescues her from the officers of the law and they gallop cross-country to the residence of Sir Anthony's sister. There, ""Peter"" dons a gown and becomes the dazzling Miss Prudence Tremaine of Barham. Having spent so"
"was released, in which Lord Peter, played by well-known comic actor Peter Haddon, solved a mystery on the boat train crossing the English Channel. Sayers disliked the film and James Brabazon describes it as an ""oddity, in which Dorothy's contribution was altered out of all recognition."" The novel ""Busman's Honeymoon"" was originally a stage play by Sayers and her friend Muriel St. Clare Byrne. A 1940 film of ""Busman's Honeymoon"" (US: ""The Haunted Honeymoon""), starring Robert Montgomery and Constance Cummings as Lord and Lady Peter was released (with Seymour Hicks as Bunter), but the characters and events bore little resemblance"
"to Lord Dumbello. But it is the determination of Lord Lufton that in the end vanquishes his doting mother. The book ends with Lucy and Ludovic's marriage as well as three other marriages. Two of these involve the daughters of Bishop Proudie and Archdeacon Grantly. The rivalry between Mrs Proudie and Mrs Grantly over their matrimonial ambitions forms a significant comic subplot, with the latter triumphant. The other marriage is that of the outspoken heiress, Martha Dunstable, to Doctor Thorne, the eponymous hero of the preceding novel in the series. In his autobiography, Trollope described ""Framley Parsonage"": ""The story was"
"brother Peter went to a shop to purchase a tie for him. The marriage resulted in two children, Tom and Freddie, who is also a racing driver. On a visit to Doncaster, Hunt was arrested for an assault, which was witnessed by two police officers, and was released on bail after two hours with the charges against him later being dropped. Hunt and Lomax separated in October 1988 but continued to live together for the best interests of their children. They were divorced in November 1989 on the grounds of adultery committed by Hunt. Hunt met Helen Dyson in the"
"with Mrs. Plumleigh-Bruce, and convinces her to open a joint chequeing account for the sake of making some investments and purchasing a car. Gorse dupes Mrs. Plumleigh-Bruce into believing he is buying his friend's house in Reading, as a prelude to marrying her, but runs off with £500. When Mrs. Plumleigh-Bruce realizes she has been duped, and Gorse has emptied their joint account, she turns to Stimpson for support, only to learn he has married her Irish maid. Gorse returns to London, while Mrs. Plumleigh-Bruce flees Reading in embarrassment, and relocates to a boarding house on the coast, where she"
"for example, she is the wife in ""The Last of England"". She became his mistress, and they shared a house in London, but social convention made him unable to marry an illiterate daughter of a bricklayer. Their daughter Catherine Emily was born in 1850, and eventually they were married at St Dunstan-in-the-West in April 1853. Their son, Oliver Madox Brown (1855–1874) (known as Nolly) showed promise both as an artist and poet, but died of blood poisoning before his maturity. The death of Nolly was a crushing blow for Brown, and he kept a room for his son's belongings as"
"an entirely established fact. Furthermore, Gruffith proved to be unreliable and left Whitney. Upon being abandoned by her alleged fiancé, she “was left to fend for herself”. Whitney was heartbroken, but she didn’t give up. Instead, Isabella sent a letter titled “To her Unconstant Lover” to Cheshire as an attempt to win Gruffith back. Gruffith was nonplussed and married Margery Radley on July 4, 1562. Readers can gather that Gruffith was the man being addressed within Whitney's poem, on the theory that “W.G.”, is in fact William Gruffith. This, as scholar Randall Martin notes, would have meant that Gruffith and"
"lukewarm reception. The following year, Fletcher's ""Faithful Shepherdess"" failed on the same stage. In 1609, however, the two collaborated on ""Philaster"", which was performed by the King's Men at the Globe Theatre and at Blackfriars. The play was a popular success, not only launching the careers of the two playwrights but also sparking a new taste for tragicomedy. According to a mid-century anecdote related by John Aubrey, they lived in the same house on the Bankside in Southwark, ""sharing everything in the closest intimacy."" About 1613 Beaumont married Ursula Isley, daughter and co-heiress of Henry Isley of Sundridge in Kent,"
"a secret mission in the Balkans. Just after the end of the war, Widmerpool surprises his acquaintances by marrying Stringham's niece, Pamela Flitton, an ATS driver, whose sex life is rumoured to be ""gladiatorial"". Since the mid-1930s, Widmerpool's political leanings have been generally to the left, (possibly as a result of his brief association with the radical Gypsy Jones in the late 1920s). In 1945 he becomes a Labour Member of Parliament during the postwar Attlee government and eventually receives (unspecified) minor ministerial office in the administration. He is also one of the backers of a left-leaning magazine, ""Fission"", through"
"sort of intellectual companionship is Harriet Vane. Parker is also on congenial terms with the Dowager Duchess of Denver, owing to her close relationship with her second son. (The most in-depth descriptions of the friendship between Parker and Wimsey are in ""The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club"" in which Sayers describes the two men's interactions with each other.) Several Peter Wimsey stories were made into BBC television series in the 1970s, starring Ian Carmichael. In these, Parker was played by Mark Eden. In the 1980s three more stories (involving Harriet Vane) were made into BBC television serials. This time Wimsey"
"for him, but when it transpires he had fled in fear after discovering the body she breaks off their engagement in disgust at his cowardliness. Wimsey's investigations lead him to a violent local farmer, Grimethorpe, with a stunningly beautiful wife. Wimsey finds the lost letter that had been sent to Denver wedged in the window of the Grimethorpes' bedroom, proving that Denver had been visiting. This is what he has refused to admit, being determined to shield his mistress even at the price of being wrongfully convicted of murder. Eventually, the jewelled cat leads Wimsey to Cathcart's mistress of many"
"were undone and Mildred had to discreetly do them up at the altar as George was not sober. At the wedding reception, George was at the pub getting drunk to 'steady his nerves' and then put the ring on the vicar's finger. They honeymooned in Dunkirk but Mildred was let down by the weather, 'amongst other things'. Shortly after, they moved to 6 Myddleton Terrace, Putney, where they owned a house of which they let out the two upper floors to Chrissy Plummer (Paula Wilcox), Jo (Sally Thomsett) and a young woman called Eleanor. After Eleanor leaves in 1973, Robin"
"of Ginny Weasley and Luna. However, the three of them are unable to defeat Bellatrix and stop fighting her once Molly Weasley orders them to disengage. Nineteen years after Voldemort's death, Hermione and Ron have two children, Rose and Hugo. Though the epilogue does not explicitly say Hermione and Ron are married, news articles and other sources treat it as a fact. In the books, Hermione is described as having bushy brown hair and brown eyes. Her front teeth, already very large, grow uncontrollably in ""Goblet of Fire"" after she is affected by a spell cast by Draco. Madam Pomfrey"
"Mrs. Plumleigh-Bruce, the pretentious widow of an Army Colonel, is contemplating marriage to Donald Stimpson, a local estate agent. Both are charmed by Gorse, who falsely claims to have fought heroically in France during World War I, and who pretends to be the nephew of a renowned Army General. Stimpson and Gorse arrange to meet at the King's Hotel in London, where Gorse conspires with the bartender to get Stimpson very drunk. Gorse takes Stimpson to visit a prostitute, which gives Gorse ""dirt"" he can share with Mrs. Plumleigh-Bruce to make Stimpson look bad. Gorse pretends to fall in love"
"is relieved when the latter accepts the new mistress. Bunter seems to accept the situation docilely, but is justified and consoled when Wimsey turns to him, not to Harriet, for assistance at a major breakthrough in the case. However, at the end of the case, when the culprit is to be hanged and Peter's nerves threaten to give way, Bunter and Harriet join forces to save him. Bunter was rewarded in a literary fashion by eventually marrying and having a child (""Thrones, Dominations""). This marriage is not the work of Miss Sayers, but of Miss Paton Walsh, who also gives"
"each other, and the marriage began to fall apart shortly after it began. They had one child, a son named Robert Edwin who died young. In August 1781 Seymour bore a second child, Jane Seymour Worsley, fathered by Maurice George Bisset but claimed by Worsley as his own to avoid scandal. Bisset, a captain in the South Hampshire militia, had been Worsley's close friend and neighbour at Knighton Gorges on the Isle of Wight. Lady Worsley was rumoured to have had 27 lovers. In November 1781 she ran off with Bisset, and in February 1782 Worsley brought a criminal conversation"
"Kenneth Bulmer Henry Kenneth Bulmer (14 January 1921 – 16 December 2005) was a British author, primarily of science fiction. Born in London, he married Pamela Buckmaster on 7 March 1953. They had one son and two daughters, and they divorced in 1981. Bulmer lived in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. He died 16 December 2005. A prolific writer, Bulmer penned over 160 novels and numerous short stories, both under his real name and various pseudonyms. For instance, his long-running Dray Prescot series of planetary romances was initially published as Alan Burt Akers, and later as by the first-person protagonist of"
"his money to Becky as life insurance, setting her up with an income. She returns to England, and manages a respectable life, although all her previous friends refuse to acknowledge her. Amelia, called Emmy, is good-natured but passive and naïve. Not very beautiful, she is frequently ignored by men and women but is well-liked by most men who get to know her because of her personality. This popularity is then resented by other women. She begins the work as its heroine (""selected for the very reason that she was the best-natured of all"") and marries the dashing George Osborne against"
"Discovers his England"", was accepted by Hodder and Stoughton and became a runaway best seller. He gave up his job and started writing full-time, producing thirteen more novels in the next six years under three different names. Lord Rothermere engaged him to write for the ""Daily Mail"", and a number of his travel articles for the ""Daily Mail"" were collected as a book with illustrations by Leslie Stead under the title ""Everyman's England"" in 1936. He also continued to write short stories. He married Phyllis McEwen in 1935, a girl from a theatrical family whom he met while she was"